spiffy.log4j
Class LoggerHelper

java.lang.Object
  spiffy.log4j.LoggerHelper

public class LoggerHelper
extends Object

Helper class for common Log4J interactions

Author:

Kasper B. Graversen, (c) 2007-2008

Constructor Summary

LoggerHelper()

Method Summary

static org.apache.log4j.Logger

getLogger() Returns a Log4J logger configured as the calling class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LoggerHelper

public LoggerHelper()

Method Detail

getLogger

public static org.apache.log4j.Logger getLogger()

Returns a Log4J logger configured as the calling class. This ensures copy-paste safe code to get a logger instance, an ensures the logger is always fetched in a consistent manner.
usage:

 private final static Logger log = LoggerHelper.getLogger();
 

Since the logger is found by accessing the call stack it is important, that references are static.

The code is JDK1.4 compatible

Returns:

log4j logger instance for the calling class